 The value of any commodity, therefore, to the person who possesses it, and who means not to use or consume it himself, but to exchange it for other commodities, is equal to the quantity of labour which it enables him to purchase or command. Labour, therefore,...  The Works of Adam Smith - Página 26por Adam Smith - 1812 - 2731 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Adam Smith - 1789 - 526 páginas
...people, and he muft be rich or poor according to the quantity of that labour which he can command, or which he can afford to purchafe. The value of any commodity, therefore, to the perfon who poflefles it, and who means not to ufe or confume it himfelf, but to exchange it for other commodities,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1809 - 372 páginas
...commodity, therefore, to the person who possesses it, and who means not to use or consume it himself, but to exchange it for other commodities, is equal to the quantity of labour which it enables him to purchase or command. Labour, therefore, is the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities.... | |
 | 1826 - 490 páginas
...value of any commodity to the person who possesses it, and who means not to use of consume it himself, but to exchange it for other commodities, is equal...to the quantity of labour, which it enables him to purchase or command." This contains his whole leading principle upon the subject. How does our author... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - 1836 - 520 páginas
...commodity," he says, " to the person who possesses it, and who means not to use or consume it himself, but to exchange it for other commodities, is equal to the quantity of labour which it enables him to purchase or command. Labour, therefore, is the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities.''*... | |
 | Travers Twiss - 1847 - 358 páginas
...therefore, to the person who possesses it, of value' and who means not to use or consume it himself, but to exchange it for other commodities, is equal to the quantity of labour which it enables him to purchase or command. Labour, therefore, is the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities.... | |
 | Sir Travers Twiss - 1847 - 356 páginas
...therefore, to the person who possesses it, of value ' and who means not to use or consume it himself, but to exchange it for other commodities, is equal to the quantity of labour which it enables him to purchase or command. Labour, therefore, is the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities.... | |
 | John Gray - 1848 - 370 páginas
...commodity, therefore, to the person who possesses it, and who means not to use or consume it himself, but to exchange it for other commodities, is equal to the quantity of labour which it enables him to purchase or command. Labour, therefore, is the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities.... | |
 | 1848 - 660 páginas
...commodity, therefore, to the person who possesses it, and who means not to use or consume it himself, but to exchange it for other commodities, is equal to the quantity of labor which it enables him to purchase or command. Labor, therefore, is the real measure of the exchangeable... | |
 | David Thomas Ansted - 1849 - 190 páginas
...value of any commodity, to the person who possesses it, and who means not to use or consume it himself, but to exchange it for other commodities, is equal to the quantity of labour which it enables him to purchase or command. Labour, therefore, is the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities.... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 490 páginas
...continues Mr. Smith, " to the person who possesses it, and who means not to use or consume it himself, but to exchange it for other commodities, is equal to the quantity of labour which it enables him to purchase or command. Labour, therefore, is the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities.... | |
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